Principal Engineer, Software

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. 
 

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

About the Product

Using high-performance DNS services, Global Traffic Manager (GTM) scales and secures DNS infrastructure during high query volumes and DDoS attacks. GTM improves the performance and availability of your applications by intelligently directing users to the closest or best-performing physical, virtual, or cloud environment. In addition, enables mitigation of complex threats from malware and viruses by blocking access to malicious IP domains. 

Position Summary

Our team is at the cutting-edge of DNS technology.  We are focused on providing customers with solutions to improve access to applications by securing and accelerating Domain Name resolution in hybrid cloud environments.  Our team collaborates with other F5 Modular BIG-IP development teams to produce unique opportunities for cross-team development projects.

This position is for a Principal Software Engineer with strong experience designing and developing application data management software in containerized and orchestrated environments. The engineer will collaborate with software architects and other technical leads to design software and interfaces for our next generation Modular BIG-IP.

We are looking for talented software engineers with a track record of accomplishment in the design, implementation and maintenance of major software features.  Appropriate candidates should also have a knack for delving into complex deployment configurations and delivering rapid solutions to challenging problems.

Responsibilities

• Serves as technical expert for the DNS module

• Leads analysis of requirements and defines the design for new and modification of existing tools, utilities, environments, modules/systems

• Provides technical leadership for the development of enterprise grade solutions for the F5 DNS products in containerized and orchestrated environments.

• Plan and implement the design specifications for the engineering project.

• Assists Architects and Managers with project scope and estimating

• Sets the direction and assists with the technical workflow of other engineers within the scope of assigned projects.

• Liaises with cross-functional teams to ensure that project is delivered in its entirety.

• Act as a mentor for junior members of the team

• Recommends and maintains technical design methodologies, processes and standards

• Participates on cross functional design teams to develop expertise in other modules/systems

• Engages with customers to address escalations and devise solutions

• Engages with Product Management to drive detailed product requirements

• Responsible for upholding F5’s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies.

• Performs other related duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Expert Knowledge and extensive experience with vertical stack technologies.

• Experience developing complex product development initiatives from concept through release.

• Extensive development experience in embedded operating systems.

• Exceptional problem solving.

• Able to collaborate and thrive in a fast-paced high-performance environment.

• Regularly finds ways to communicate widely through discussions, white papers, publications and other.

• Regularly demonstrates collaboration by promoting others’ ideas, influencing others, and making teams successful.

• Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communications

• Must be a Subject Matter Expert in multiple skill areas.

• Duties are performed in a normal office environment while sitting at a desk or computer table.

• Duties may require being on call periodically or working outside normal working hours (evenings and weekends). Duties may also require the ability to travel via automobile or airplane, approximately 5% of the time spent traveling.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years’ experience; or equivalent experience.

F5 Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and strongly supports diversity in the workplace

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.  F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting [email protected].